News24 | Deadly weekend on Western Cape roads: 24 people killed in three collisions

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On Saturday evening, a bus lost control and collided with a truck in Hexriver Mountain Pass between De Doorns and Touws River. Thirteen people died, while numerous others were injured. (Supplied / Western Cape Mobility Department)

On Saturday evening, a bus lost control and collided with a truck in Hexriver Mountain Pass between De Doorns and Touws River. Thirteen people died, while numerous others were injured. (Supplied / Western Cape Mobility Department)

It was a deadly weekend on Western Cape roads, with 24 lives lost in collisions.

In the first incident on Friday, two adults and four children died in an accident between three vehicles on the R43 near Villiersdorp.

The second accident, also on Friday, occurred on the N1 between the Prince Albert turn-off and Laingsburg. Five people lost their lives and one person was critically injured.

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